Betwixt

prep

prep ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    in the interval wordnet
Preposition
  1. 1
    Between. archaic, literary

    "There was some speech of marriage / Betwixt myself and her."

Synonyms

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amongatweenatwixtbetweenbetweenbetwixt and between

Example

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"Men of broader intellect know that there is no sharp distinction betwixt the real and the unreal."

Etymology

From Middle English bitwixe, from Old English betweox, from Proto-Germanic *twiskaz (“twofold, double”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice, doubly; in two”). By surface analysis, be- (“by, near, around”) + twixt (“between”). Compare Saterland Frisian twiske (“between”), Dutch tussen, German zwischen.

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